The weekend was so nice and relaxing and it was fun to just hang out with the kiddos. We did have an invitation for dinner on Saturday night, but could not find a babysitter, so it was not to be. :( Oh well - c'est la vie! Most of my babysitters are elsewhere for the summer and it has been tough finding someone when we need one!

Considering I did not have a plan in mind for dinner last night, the family ate well last night. I had never really made a monte cristo sandwich before, but I flipped through several recipes on Foodnetwork.com and sort of combined them to fit what I had in the fridge. Please go to that site and search if you want to see lots of good recipes and the source of most is listed below.

Monte Cristo Sandwich (makes 1)
3 slices bread
thinly sliced turkey
muenster cheese
mayo
mustard - i know dijon would have been better but mine was expired, so good old French's was used instead
3 eggs
1/4 cup whole milk
butter
veg oil (about 2-3 tablespoons)

spread mayo on 2 slices of bread and mustard on 1 slice.
put turkey on each of the 2 mayo slices and top the turkey with slices of muenster
put the bread with mustard on top of 1 of the cheese and turkey slices and invert the other turkey and cheese half on top of it to make one beautiful sandwich.
Cut off crusts and wrap in press-n-seal. Refrigerate for a while. I think mine was in there maybe an hour and a half.
Heat a pan with veg oil and butter (maybe a tablespoon)
beat eggs with milk in a shallow bowl, big enough to dip sandwich in.
unwrap sandwich (common sense) and dip in egg wash, covering completely and letting excess drip off before placing in hot pan. I had my heat on about medium or a little above. The oil lets the butter get to a higher heat with out scorching it, but still - you don't want a monte cristo briquette. Now - exert patience and leave it alone for about 2 and half minutes. flip carefully so you don't spatter yourself with hot oil (ahem) and cook for 2 and half minutes on the other side.
Cut diagonally to serve.

It was a thing of beauty for the nanoseconds before I ate it.

True Confessions: I made the banana bread again this morning.

I have a League meeting tonight at 5:30 and then am going to walk with Mary Beth and Bundle. Yea! We are going to try to offer her (Bundle, not Mary Beth) water every time so maybe she'll finally let her guard down one day and actually hydrate on the trail...silly dog!

Finally - check out www.cuil.com
Interesting alternative to Google. I like the results setup and the graphics that accompany them.